Turning success into even bigger success. Can a business grow too quickly? To what extent can and should managers control the rate of growth in a business? What are the real costs of growth: not just the financial costs, but the personal costs, particularly to those on the inside of the organisation?
The Richest Man in Babylon is a book by George Samuel Clason that dispenses financial advice through a collection of parables set in ancient Babylon. Through their experiences in business and managing household finance, the characters in the parables learn simple lessons in financial wisdom. Originally a series of separate informational pamphlets distributed by banks…